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News: Gunmen kill 18 Iraqi troops in checkpoint attacks Russia's Putin faces protests after poll triumph Obama, Netanyahu face struggle over Iran "red lines" Aid reaches Homs refugees, Syrians flee to border Blast at Brazzaville arms depot kills hundreds Heavy clashes erupt in south Syria near Jordan border Calm weather offers respite after deadly storms Voting fraud allegations mar Putin's presidential win Tearful Putin wins back Russian presidency German ruling coalition puts on show of unity Greek police arrest suspected smugglers, seize treasures Libyan stock exchange says to re-open on March 15 Belarus's Lukashenko: "Better a dictator than gay" Two British journalists accused of spying in Libya China boosts defense budget 11 percent after U.S. "pivot" Haiti's Martelly wants camps of ex-soldiers cleared Israel trims detention of Palestinian hunger-striker Red Cross provides food, medical care near Homs Poland to mourn 16 killed in head-on train crash Putin claims victory in Russian election Chavez faces more cancer treatment before Venezuela vote Instant view: Putin wins Russian presidency: partial results Somali residents welcome Ethiopian troops after rebel rout Senior U.S. senator calls for arming Syria rebels Scotland's Salmond proposes fiscal stability pact with UK Turkey says could annex north if Cyprus stays split Israel urges end to Syria bloodshed, offers aid Some aid reaches Syria's Homs, refugees flee to border Blast at Congo arms depot kills hundreds Al Qaeda clashes, blasts kill 35 soldiers in Yemen Tibetan burns herself to death in China protest Khamenei allies trounce Ahmadinejad in Iran election Fresh from deal with U.S.,North Korea vows "sacred war" on South For some Afghans, suicide bombs best answer to Koran burnings Congo Republic blasts kill 4, injure dozens: official Iraq Sunni tribes warn against arming Syrian opposition Violence turning Arab Spring into winter Red Cross say begins distributing aid near Homs Red Cross says it hopes to enter Baba Amro today China lays out stance on Syria, rejects "interference" Gunmen kill 18 Iraqi troops in checkpoint attacks Sun,4 Mar 2012 10:16 PM PST Reuters - FALLUJAH, Iraq (Reuters) - Gunmen killed up to 18 members of Iraq's security forces in an attack on checkpoints in the town of Haditha in western Iraq on Monday, Iraqi officials said. Mohammed Fathi, spokesman for the governor of Anbar province in the west of the country, said 18 soldiers were killed when gunmen sped up to a checkpoint and opened fire. A police source in the province said the victims were police, not soldiers, and that 17 had died. The gunmen rode in Interior Ministry vehicles and attacked several checkpoints before dawn, the source said. ... Full Story Top Russia's Putin faces protests after poll triumph Sun,4 Mar 2012 10:14 PM PST Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin faces new protests on Monday to challenge his victory in a presidential election he said had prevented Russia from falling into the hands of enemies trying to usurp power. Putin's opponents, complaining of widespread fraud in Sunday's election, said they did not recognize the results and would rally near the Kremlin at 7 p.m. (1500 GMT). But the former KGB spy, who after four years as prime minister will be returning to the post he held from 2000 until 2008, said with tears rolling down his cheeks that he had won a "clean" victory. "I promised you we would ... Full Story Top Obama, Netanyahu face struggle over Iran "red lines" Sun,4 Mar 2012 06:19 PM PST Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are deeply at odds over how fast the clock is ticking toward possible military action against Iran's nuclear program, and their talks on Monday are unlikely to change that. Even though Obama has offered assurances of stiffened U.S. resolve against Iran before the White House meeting, the two allies are still far apart on explicit nuclear "red lines" that Tehran must not be allowed to cross, and they have yet to agree on a time frame for when military action may be necessary. ... Full Story Top Aid reaches Homs refugees, Syrians flee to border Sun,4 Mar 2012 05:26 PM PST Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Red Cross managed to get aid to Syrians fleeing fighting in the battered Baba Amro district of Homs, but was blocked for a third day from entering the former rebel bastion amid reports of bloody reprisals by state forces. Activists reported shelling and other violence across Syria on Sunday, sending one of the biggest surges of refugees across the border into Lebanon in a single day since a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad began a year ago. ... Full Story Top Blast at Brazzaville arms depot kills hundreds Sun,4 Mar 2012 05:10 PM PST Reuters - BRAZZAVILLE/KINSHASA (Reuters) - Up to 200 people were killed on Sunday when an arms dump exploded in Brazzaville, ripping apart a nearby neighborhood in the Congo Republic's capital, medical and local authorities said. Hundreds of others were injured by the blasts which rocked the riverside capital around 8 a.m. (0700 GMT), flattening houses near the scene and sending a plume of smoke high above the city. A government spokesman said that a short circuit was to blame for the fire that sparked the explosions and promised to move military barracks out of town as a result. ... Full Story Top Heavy clashes erupt in south Syria near Jordan border Sun,4 Mar 2012 04:50 PM PST Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Heavy fighting broke out overnight between armored forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and rebels who launched coordinated attacks on army roadblocks across the southern city of Deraa on the border with Jordan, opposition activists said Monday. The reports of the fighting in Deraa, where the uprising against Assad's rule began last March, could not be independently verified. ... Full Story Top Calm weather offers respite after deadly storms Sun,4 Mar 2012 03:55 PM PST Reuters - LONDON, Kentucky (Reuters) - Calm weather gave dazed residents of storm-wracked U.S. towns a respite on Sunday as they dug out from a chain of tornadoes that cut a swath of destruction from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico, killing at least 39 people. The fast-moving twisters spawned by massive thunderstorms splintered blocks of homes, damaged schools and a prison, and tossed around vehicles like toys, killing 21 people in Kentucky, 13 in neighboring Indiana, three in Ohio and one in Alabama, officials said. Georgia also reported a storm-related death. ... Full Story Top Voting fraud allegations mar Putin's presidential win Sun,4 Mar 2012 03:49 PM PST Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - A few days before Russia's presidential election, Sergei Smirnov received a phone call from a man who called himself Mikhail and told him the terms of the deal: you will vote for Vladimir Putin four times and receive 2,000 roubles ($70) in return. The sum was promised to dozens of other young men and women who met on Sunday outside a popular fast food joint on the southwest fringe of Moscow, waiting to be taken to various polling stations in the province that rings the capital. Smirnov, a journalist, said he found the group a few weeks prior to the election through a friend. ... Full Story Top Tearful Putin wins back Russian presidency Sun,4 Mar 2012 03:49 PM PST Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin triumphed in Russia's presidential election on Sunday and, tears rolling down his cheeks, called his victory a turning point that had prevented the country falling into the hands of enemies. Putin's opponents complained of widespread fraud, refused to recognize the results and said they would press ahead on Monday with the biggest protests since he rose to power 12 years ago. ... Full Story Top German ruling coalition puts on show of unity Sun,4 Mar 2012 03:15 PM PST Reuters - BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's center-right coalition, shaken by a row last month in choosing a candidate for the German Presidency, put on a show of unity Sunday as party leaders held their first formal talks of 2012 and side-stepped the more divisive issues. Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has come under intense strain in recent months due to parties' squabbles over eurozone policy and taxation, and almost ruptured a fortnight ago when the junior partners, the Free Democrats (FDP), defiantly backed the opposition's presidential candidate. ... Full Story Top Greek police arrest suspected smugglers, seize treasures Sun,4 Mar 2012 02:59 PM PST Reuters - Greek police arrested 44 people suspected of smuggling ancient artifacts outside the country and recovered thousands of ancient coins and other treasures, the force said on Sunday. A 66-year-old man, suspected of being the leader of a smuggling ring, was arrested along with another 43 people, aged between 25 and 74, including pensioners and municipal workers, police said in a statement. Officers also seized more than 8,000 coins as well as jewelry, bronze statuettes and wooden icons, dating from the sixth century B.C up to the Byzantine period. ... Full Story Top Libyan stock exchange says to re-open on March 15 Sun,4 Mar 2012 02:19 PM PST Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's stock exchange is to re-open on March 15, just over a year after the country's conflict forced it to close down, the head of the bourse said on Sunday. The exchange had previously said it would open at the end of February, but General Manager Ahmed Karoud said that was pushed back because of electricity outages at the bourse and delays in receiving regulatory filings from the listed companies. The re-launch of the exchange will be a symbol that Libya is open for business again after the conflict that ousted Muammar Gaddafi. ... Full Story Top Belarus's Lukashenko: "Better a dictator than gay" Sun,4 Mar 2012 02:18 PM PST Reuters - BERLIN (Reuters) - Belarussia's Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday criticized EU politicians who have threatened him with further sanctions and in an apparent riposte to the German Foreign Minister's branding him "Europe's last dictator," said: "Better to be a dictator than gay." Guido Westerwelle is Germany's first openly gay minister. European Union leaders at a summit in Brussels on Friday called for new measures to pressure the Belarus President, in power since 1994, over alleged human rights abuses. ... Full Story Top Two British journalists accused of spying in Libya Sun,4 Mar 2012 01:56 PM PST Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Two British journalists working for Iran's Press TV who were detained late last month in Libya are suspected of being spies, the head of the militia which is holding them said on Sunday. Faraj al-Swehli, commander of the Swehli brigade, said his men had found among the journalists' possessions official Libyan documents, equipment used by the Israeli military and footage of them firing weapons. "We believe they are spies," Swehli said in Tripoli. He said it was too early to say what country they were spying for, but that this would be established by their investigation. ... Full Story Top China boosts defense budget 11 percent after U.S. "pivot" Sun,4 Mar 2012 12:36 PM PST Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China will boost military spending by 11.2 percent this year, the government said on Sunday, unveiling Beijing's first defense budget since President Barack Obama launched a policy "pivot" to reinforce U.S. influence across the Asia-Pacific. The increase announced by parliament spokesman Li Zhaoxing will bring official outlays on the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to 670.3 billion yuan ($110 billion) for 2012, after a 12.7 percent increase last year and a near-unbroken string of double-digit rises across two decades. ... Full Story Top Haiti's Martelly wants camps of ex-soldiers cleared Sun,4 Mar 2012 12:04 PM PST Reuters - PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian President Michel Martelly has asked government officials to find ways to clear several sites around the country being occupied by ex-members of Haiti's armed forces. Last week, Reuters reported irregular military training camps have sprung up in different parts of Haiti, including one at an old military camp in the capital, Port-au-Prince, where an armed band of former soldiers brandished assault rifles and handguns. ... Full Story Top Israel trims detention of Palestinian hunger-striker Sun,4 Mar 2012 11:49 AM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - Israel Sunday reduced by a third the detention period of a Palestinian woman on hunger strike since her arrest last month, but her lawyer said it was not yet clear whether she would break her fast. Hana Shalabi, a member of the Islamic Jihad militant group, stopped taking food after Israeli troops seized her in the occupied West Bank on February 16, becoming the second Palestinian detainee in quick succession to resort to a hunger strike. An Israeli military court reduced Shalabi's original detention of 6 months to 4 months, a spokesman said. ... Full Story Top Red Cross provides food, medical care near Homs Sun,4 Mar 2012 11:48 AM PST Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - Teams from the Red Cross and Syrian Arab Red Crescent distributed food and medical aid on Sunday in a village near Homs but were shut out for a third day from the battered district of Baba Amro. The aid workers spent the day providing emergency assistance in the village of Abel, 3 km (2 miles) from Homs city, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said, describing it as a "positive step." The teams, including a doctor, deployed a mobile clinic as well as Red Crescent volunteers and vehicles, ICRC spokesman Hicham Hassan said. ... Full Story Top Poland to mourn 16 killed in head-on train crash Sun,4 Mar 2012 11:34 AM PST Reuters - WARSAW, SZCZEKOCINY, Poland (Reuters) - Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski announced a two-day national mourning period on Sunday for the 16 people killed in a head-on collision of two trains in the country's worst rail accident in more than two decades. The trains collided at an average speed of 100 km (60 miles) near the town of Szczekociny in southern Poland on Saturday night after one of them switched to the wrong track minutes before the crash, said Transport Minister Slawomir Nowak. "You can only imagine the horrific toll this caused," he told a news conference. ... Full Story Top Putin claims victory in Russian election Sun,4 Mar 2012 11:32 AM PST Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin claimed victory in Russia's presidential election on Sunday, with tears rolling down his cheeks at a victory rally attended by tens of thousands of supporters in central Moscow. "I promised you we would win. We have won. Glory to Russia," Putin told the rally close to the walls of the Kremlin. "We won in an open and fair struggle." Putin said the Russian people had clearly rejected the attempts of unidentified enemies to "destroy Russia's statehood and usurp power. ... Full Story Top Chavez faces more cancer treatment before Venezuela vote Sun,4 Mar 2012 11:32 AM PST Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez said he will need radiation treatment for cancer in the run-up to Venezuela's October presidential poll, though he insisted there was no metastasis after the removal of another tumor. "I will live! I will overcome!" the 57-year-old socialist leader said in a televised meeting with some cabinet colleagues from Cuba, where he underwent an operation six days ago for a recurrence of the cancer that first struck him last year. ... Full Story Top Instant view: Putin wins Russian presidency: partial results Sun,4 Mar 2012 11:31 AM PST Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won a resounding first-round victory in Russia's presidential election on Sunday, taking 63.1 percent of the vote with 24.2 percent of returns counted, the Central Election Commission said. Following are comments by analysts, economists and investors on the election outcome: LATEST COMMENTS: LIAM HALLIGAN, CHIEF ECONOMIST, PROSPERITY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LONDON: "The result is bang in line with the polls ... ... Full Story Top Somali residents welcome Ethiopian troops after rebel rout Sun,4 Mar 2012 11:00 AM PST Reuters - BAIDOA, Somalia (Reuters) - After three years of killings and violence under the rule of al Shabaab rebels, residents of the Somali city of Baidoa said they were happy to see the arrival of Ethiopian soldiers, whose presence they once resented. Under al Shabaab's control, Baidoa's leaders say the city's people became poorer, conditions worsened and many were forced to flee. The return of Ethiopian troops, once seen as Christian invaders in a Muslim country, was a welcome relief. ... Full Story Top Senior U.S. senator calls for arming Syria rebels Sun,4 Mar 2012 10:56 AM PST Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Republican U.S. senator on Sunday called for arming Syria's rebels through the Arab League and suggested the imposition of "no drive" and "no fly" zones against Syrian military forces targeting the opposition. Senator Lindsey Graham, an influential Republican voice on international policy, also said he was joining with Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal to push a Senate resolution calling on the United Nations to declare Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a war criminal. Both senators are members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. ... Full Story Top Scotland's Salmond proposes fiscal stability pact with UK Sun,4 Mar 2012 10:14 AM PST Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond said on Sunday his country would need a fiscal stability pact for a monetary union with the rest of Britain, if Scots vote for independence. He also said his Scottish National Party (SNP) will launch its independence campaign in May, more than two years before the "yes" campaign's preferred date for a planned referendum. While acknowledging a fiscal pact would limit its room for maneuver, he said, "there would have to be a stability pact which would have criteria on what you could borrow. ... Full Story Top Turkey says could annex north if Cyprus stays split Sun,4 Mar 2012 10:12 AM PST Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey would consider annexing northern Cyprus if talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots failed to reach a deal on reunification of the island, Turkey's European Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis told a Turkish Cypriot newspaper. Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart Dervis Eroglu have made little progress in negotiations to reunite the island, divided in 1974, since the United Nations persuaded them to renew efforts late last year. ... Full Story Top Israel urges end to Syria bloodshed, offers aid Sun,4 Mar 2012 10:08 AM PST Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel offered on Sunday to assist international efforts to provide humanitarian aid to Syria without intervening directly in the bloody conflict enveloping its neighboring enemy. Calling the bloodshed of President Bashar el-Assad's efforts to crush a year-old uprising in Syria "more shocking than the worst horror movies in Hollywood," Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman also urged greater world efforts to end the violence. ... Full Story Top Some aid reaches Syria's Homs, refugees flee to border Sun,4 Mar 2012 09:50 AM PST Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Red Cross delivered emergency aid to areas around the battered Baba Amro district of the Syrian city of Homs on Sunday, but was blocked for a third day from entering the former rebel bastion amid reports of bloody reprisals by state forces. Activists reported shelling and other violence across Syria, sending one of the biggest surges of refugees across the border into Lebanon in a single day since a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad began a year ago. Concerns mounted for civilians left stranded in Baba Amro in freezing weather with little food, fuel or medicine. ... Full Story Top Blast at Congo arms depot kills hundreds Sun,4 Mar 2012 09:30 AM PST Reuters - BRAZZAVILLE/KINSHASA (Reuters) - Around 200 people were killed on Sunday when an arms dump exploded in Brazzaville, ripping apart a nearby neighborhood in the Congo Republic's capital, medical and local authorities said. Around 200 more were injured by the blasts which rocked the riverside capital around 8 a.m. (0700 GMT), flattening houses near the scene and sending a plume of smoke high above the city. "I saw someone being carried to hospital with their intestines hanging out. They had been hit by a shell," one witness told Reuters as he was leaving the blast zone. ... Full Story Top Al Qaeda clashes, blasts kill 35 soldiers in Yemen Sun,4 Mar 2012 08:57 AM PST Reuters - ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - At least 35 soldiers were killed in twin suicide bombings and ensuing clashes with al Qaeda militants in Yemen on Sunday, hospital sources said, part of an upsurge in attacks since a presidential election two weeks ago. A Yemeni army officer said at least 20 of the Islamist militants also died in the fighting in the country's south, an unstable territory near oil shipping routes through the Red Sea. Residents and local officials said a vehicle exploded at a military position at the western entrance to the city of Zinjibar, near the Gulf of Aden. ... Full Story Top Tibetan burns herself to death in China protest Sun,4 Mar 2012 07:27 AM PST Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - A Tibetan woman set herself on fire in southwestern China on Sunday to protest against Chinese rule, a Tibetan rights group said, the latest in a series of self-immolations that signal growing unrest in the Tibetan areas of China. The incident came a day before China's annual parliamentary session - an occasion often used by authorities to clamp down on potential sources of unrest and project political unity. ... Full Story Top Khamenei allies trounce Ahmadinejad in Iran election Sun,4 Mar 2012 07:14 AM PST Reuters - TEHRAN (Reuters) - Clerical Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has tightened his grip on Iran's faction-ridden politics after loyalists won over 75 percent of seats in parliamentary elections at the expense of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a near-complete count showed. The widespread defeat of Ahmadinejad supporters - including his sister, Parvin Ahmadinejad - is expected to reduce the president to a lame duck after he sowed divisions by challenging the utmost authority of Khamenei in the governing hierarchy. ... Full Story Top Fresh from deal with U.S.,North Korea vows "sacred war" on South Sun,4 Mar 2012 05:55 AM PST Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea threatened "sacred war" against the South in a huge rally in the capital Sunday just days after the secretive state agreed with the United States to suspend its nuclear weapons tests and allow back international nuclear inspectors. Tens of thousands of slogan-chanting North Koreans rallied in Pyongyang vowing to "wipe out" South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's "traitors" whom they accused of defaming their new leader, Kim Jong-un, and of staging inflammatory war games with the United States. ... Full Story Top For some Afghans, suicide bombs best answer to Koran burnings Sun,4 Mar 2012 04:35 AM PST Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Matihullah, 24, had always dreamed of becoming a lawyer. Then news spread that Western soldiers had burned many copies of the Muslim holy book at a NATO base in Afghanistan. He gave up his studies and embarked on a new mission in life -- to become a suicide bomber. "Since the desecration and burnings of holy books of the Koran, I have been burning with the desire of revenge. It is running in my blood," said Matihullah, wearing the traditional white skull cap worn by many Afghans. "I have two other brothers to take care of our family and I feel very proud to get my revenge. ... Full Story Top Congo Republic blasts kill 4, injure dozens: official Sun,4 Mar 2012 04:31 AM PST Reuters - KINSHASA (Reuters) - A series of explosions in Brazzaville, the capital of Congo Republic, killed at least four people and injured nearly 60 others, a senior Congolese official said, giving the first toll from Sunday's blasts. "Lots of buildings have been destroyed ... There are four dead and nearly 60 injured, some seriously," Betu Bangana, head of protocol in the presidency, told Reuters by telephone. Witnesses and state media said the blast occurred during a fire in the arms depot in the Regiment Blinde base in the riverside Mpila neighborhood. No explanation has been given for the fire. ... Full Story Top Iraq Sunni tribes warn against arming Syrian opposition Sun,4 Mar 2012 03:39 AM PST Reuters - COOLIE CAMP, Iraq (Reuters) - When they see the plight of their Syrian kinsmen across the border, the Sunni tribesmen of western Iraq understand their rage. But with their own experience of civil war still fresh, they want to stop arms from feeding the conflict next door. Just a few years ago, this part of Iraq was caught in battle between al Qaeda, who used the area as a launchpad for their insurgency, and Sunni tribal leaders who wanted to kick them out. ... Full Story Top Violence turning Arab Spring into winter Sun,4 Mar 2012 03:20 AM PST Reuters - BKIRKI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Violence and bloodshed is turning the "Arab Spring" into winter, the head of Lebanon's Maronite Church said, threatening Christians and Muslims alike across the Middle East. Patriarch Beshara al-Rai, whose Maronite Church also has a strong presence in Syria, said change could not be brought to the Arab world by force and that Christians feared the turmoil was helping extremist Muslim groups. "We are with the Arab Spring but we are not with this spring of violence, war, destruction and killing. ... Full Story Top Red Cross say begins distributing aid near Homs Sun,4 Mar 2012 02:45 AM PST Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - Red Cross and Red Crescent teams on Sunday began distributing aid in a village near Homs and plan to move to other neighborhoods sheltering families who have fled the battered district of Baba Amro, the ICRC said on Sunday. "The ICRC and Syrian Arab Red Crescent started distributing assistance in the village of Abel 3 km from Homs city," International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) spokesman Hicham Hassan told Reuters in Geneva. ... Full Story Top Red Cross says it hopes to enter Baba Amro today Sun,4 Mar 2012 12:02 AM PST Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it was hopeful that its aid convoy would enter the shattered Baba Amro district of Homs on Sunday after days of talks with Syrian authorities. "We have the green light, we hope to enter, we hope today is the day," said the ICRC's Damascus-based spokesman Saleh Dabbakeh, declining to give further details about what he said were sensitive talks with Syrian officials. "We are very concerned about the people in Baba Amro. ... Full Story Top China lays out stance on Syria, rejects "interference" Sat,3 Mar 2012 11:49 PM PST Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China warned other powers on Sunday not to use humanitarian aid for Syria to "interfere" in the strife-torn Middle Eastern country, while urging unity in the U.N. Security Council after a split with Western powers over the crisis. The Chinese Foreign Ministry laid out its stance on Syria as the Security Council contemplates a new resolution, after two previous ones were stymied by Chinese and Russian vetoes. Even China, which has talked up room for compromise between Syrian government and opposition forces, sounded bleak about the unstinting violence. ... Full Story Top

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